I am sure this has been discussed, but I believe this season and probably next season is a product of recruiting really well. CSP and his staff has recruited HS kids very well and put together some pretty nice classes. Unfortunately the center pieces to those classes have moved onto the NBA. We will never recruit to the level of the blue bloods to the point where they can lose guys to the NBA and still have high end guys sticking around. If we recruit really well and lose some dudes to the league early we will be stuck with teams like this once in awhile. Fred on the other hand had decent classes but never had guys move on which allowed him to keep that nucleus together. Fred also hit home runs with transfer guys which CSP has not. I believe CSP has some coaching deficiencies that he can improve on, but I also believe he has the goods to have high level teams more often than not. Positively, I think he game plans well, is a good X and O guy and recruits well with this staff. Negatively, i do not believe he manages in game situations very well... slowing runs with TO's or putting the right guys together on the floor as often as he should. I also do not believe he is great at player relationships that hold a team together.